Tag Archives: Infectious / emerging diseases

Researchers peer inside the deadly pathogen theft kit

[ad_1] IMAGE: The three-dimensional structure of a protein called starvation-stringent protein A, a member of a multiprotein complex that Francisella tularensis uses to infect macrophage cells. View More Credit: Maria Schumacher Lab, Duke Biochemistry DURHAM, NC – The bacterium that causes tularemia, the tick-borne disease, is a lean and mean …

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The mysterious molecule in the bacteria turns out to be a guard

[ad_1] IMAGE: Top row: E coli bacteria containing a retron rupture membranes in the cell approximately 15 minutes after infection (center) Red reveals holes in the membranes as cells die. (Right) … view More Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science In many species of bacteria there are peculiar hybrid structures called …

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